Building Specific

Construction Skills Queensland (CSQ) assists the Queensland Building and Construction Industry by providing funding to RTO’s for training and skills development of Queensland’s building & construction employees and employers.

If you are working in the Queensland General Construction Industry but don’t hold a formal qualification, the Skills Assessment and Gap Training program can help you. Your skills and abilities learnt on the job may earn you a nationally recognised qualification.

(Skills Assessment and Gap Training):

Available Funded Courses

SAGT Building Specific:

AHC30916 - Certificate III in Landscape Construction

This qualification provides a general vocational outcome in landscape construction. The landscaping industry expects this qualification to be achieved to meet job outcomes at this level.

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CPC33020 - Certificate III in Bricklaying / Blocklaying

This qualification provides a trade outcome in bricklaying and blocklaying. The qualification has core unit of competency requirements that cover common skills for the construction industry, as well as two specialist fields of work.

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CPC30220 - Certificate III in Carpentry

This qualification provides a trade outcome in carpentry, covering work in residential and commercial applications. The qualification has core unit of competency requirements that cover common skills for the construction industry, as well as a specialist field of work.

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CPC30320 - Certificate III in Concreting

This qualification is designed to meet the needs of concreters working in concreting operations on residential and commercial projects. The qualification has core unit of competency requirements that cover common skills for the construction industry, as well as a specialist field of work.

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CPC30620 - Certificate III in Painting and Decorating

This qualification provides a trade outcome in painting and decorating for residential and commercial construction work. The qualification has core unit of competency requirements that cover common skills for the construction industry, as well as two specialist fields of work.

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CPC31220 - Certificate III in Wall and Ceiling Lining

This qualification provides a trade outcome in wall and ceiling lining. The qualification has core unit of competency requirements that cover common skills for the construction industry, as well as two specialist fields of work.

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CPC31320 - Certificate III in Wall and Floor Tiling

This qualification provides a trade outcome in wall and floor tiling for residential and commercial construction work. The qualification has core unit of competency requirements that cover common skills for the construction industry, as well as a specialist field of work.

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CPC31420 - Certificate III in Construction Waterproofing

This qualification provides a trade outcome in waterproofing for the residential and commercial construction industry. The qualification has core unit of competency requirements that cover common skills for the construction industry, as well as two specialist fields of work.

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CSQ Funding Information

What is an Existing Worker?

An existing worker is a current employee in the building and construction industry who has a one month or more employment relationship with their employer. The working relationship can be built up through full-time, part-time or casual employment or engagement as a contract worker.

What is the Building and Construction Industry?

(1) The building and construction industry is the industry of constructing, reconstructing, reconstructing, renovating, altering, demolishing, relocating, maintaining or repairing any of the following—

  •  buildings;
  • spa pools and swimming pools;
  • roads, railways, airfields or other works for the passage of anything;
  • breakwaters, docks, jetties, piers or wharves;
  • works for solid waste disposal;
  • works for subdividing or developing land;
  • works for the improvement or alteration of a harbour, river or watercourse for navigation purposes;
  • works for the storage or supply of water or for flood mitigation;
  • works for the irrigation of land;
  • works for the conveyance, treatment or disposal of sewage or of the effluent from any premises;
  • works for extracting, refining, processing or treating materials or for producing or extracting products and by-products from materials;
  • works for conveying products, by-products or materials;
  • works for the drainage of land;
  • works for the storage of liquids, other than water, or gases;
  • works for the generation, supply or transmission of electric power;
  • works for telecommunication or for the transmission of radio or television;
  • bridges, viaducts, aqueducts or tunnels;
  • chimney stacks, cooling towers, drilling rigs, gas holders or silos;
  • pipe lines;
  • navigational lights, beacons or markers;
  • pile driving works;
  • sporting or recreational facilities;
  • earthworks, other than for farming;
  • fences, other than fences on farms;
  • structures, fixtures or other works not included in paragraphs (a) to (x), but not including earthworks for farming or fences on farms.

(2) The building and construction industry also includes landclearing and site preparation, other than for farming.

(3) The building and construction industry also includes the industry of, whether on or off site—

  • constructing a thing, other than ordinary stock for sale, in accordance with working drawings; or
  • deconstructing, reconstructing, renovating, altering, demolishing, relocating, maintaining or repairing a thing, other than ordinary stock for sale, constructed in accordance with working drawings.

(4) The building and construction industry does not include the industry of performing maintenance or repairs of a minor nature to anything mentioned in subsection (1) or

(3) for a person not substantially engaged in activity mentioned in subsection (1), (2) or (3).

Eligibility

Funding is generally restricted to Existing Workers in the Building and Construction Industry. Beyond this, eligibility requirements differ between schemes, with varying degrees of detail and complexity. For this reason, Please check the eligibility criteria for the individual programs listed below by contacting RTO directly and speaking to one of our Education Advisors to see if you are eligible to receive CSQ funded training.

To see the full eligibility requirements for all courses and programs that CSQ has available, click here

 

Cost of Training

  • Given the increased benefits that you can gain from a Certificate 3 Qualification, you are required to contribute to the cost of your training through a student co-contribution fee, payable to the training provider.
  • Co-Contribution fees: $550